rub someone's nose in it
1rub someone's nose in — see ↑rub, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑nose rub someone s nose in informal : to repeatedly remind someone of (a mistake, failure, etc.) He beat us all in the race and then rubbed our noses in it. • • • Main Entry …
2rub someone's nose in it — (informal) To remind someone continually of something he or she has done wrong • • • Main Entry: ↑nose rub someone s nose in it (informal) To remind someone insistently of a mistake, fault, misdeed, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑rub …
3rub someone's nose in it — rub (someone s) nose in it informal, informal to say or do something which makes someone remember that they have failed. I didn t tell him I d started another relationship. I didn t want to rub his nose in it …
4rub someone's nose in — idi rub someone s nose in, to remind someone persistently of (a past mistake) in order to punish …
5rub someone's nose in something — rub someone’s nose in something phrase to keep reminding someone about something unpleasant that they do not want to think about I know we lost – there’s no need to rub my nose in it. Thesaurus: to cause someone to remembersynonym Main entry:… …
6rub it in (or rub someone's nose in something) — informal emphatically draw someone s attention to an embarrassing fact. → rub …
7rub someone's nose in something — ► rub it in (or rub someone s nose in something) informal emphatically draw someone s attention to an embarrassing or painful fact. Main Entry: ↑rub …
8rub someone’s nose in something — tv. to emind someone of something con tantly; to make a big issue about someone’s mistake. (From the practice of training a puppy by rubbing its nose in the messes it makes.) □ So I made a mistake! I wish you’d stop rubbing my nose in it. □… …
9rub someone's nose in something — to keep reminding someone about something unpleasant that they do not want to think about I know we lost – there s no need to rub my nose in it …
10nose — [nōz] n. [ME < OE nosu, akin to Ger nase, orig. a dual, meaning “the two nostrils” < IE base * nas , nostril > Sans nāsā, the nose, lit., pair of nostrils, L nasus, nose & naris (pl. nares), nostril] 1. the part of the human face between …
